The New York Times closes City Room blog instead directing readers to its news site
The New York Times has announced it is to axe its NYC-centric City Room blogosphere admitting that the digital landscape has shifted since its launch in 2007.
Andy Newman, blog editor, acknowledged the decision to shutter the blog in a final post entitled ‘City Room, a Blog With a Broad Mandate, Is Retiring’.
At its peak, hosting a 80 bloggers on a separate publishing platform from the New York Time’s website, Newman said City Room was “creating a lot of extra work” for staff. Wendell Jamieson, Metro editor of The Times and a former City Room editor, said: “So City Room, per Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
